The man who gave Luis Suarez his first real break in football has provided insight to how the Liverpool striker’s head works, claiming that he has the mentality of a child.
Henk Veldmate, who brought Suarez to Holland from Uruaguay as an innocent 19-year-old, has criticised the way the controversial forward has acted after he was given a 10 game ban for biting Branislav Ivanovic last month.
The Sporting Director of Dutch side Groningen, the 56-year-old said: “He’s a grown up person but also, in the way he likes playing football, he sometimes has the mentality of a child.”
He also revealed that he only came across the striker by chance as he travelled to South America to take a look at another young player.
He said: “He had everything you see today, he scored a goal and did some fantastic dribbles. Sometimes you think he is lucky with his dribbles , he starts something and you think it is impossible. But in the end it works and he creates a chance and scores a goal.
“He dived to win a penalty, so all the things we see in Luis’ potential we saw in that 15 minutes and most importantly we saw he was a winner.”
So there you have it. As long as you can score goals it doesn’t matter that you cheat – as that just shows you are a winner.